SANTA RITA- SAVE THE DATE!
Nov 10 - Veteran's Day- no school
Nov 16- STEM Challenge at lunchtime
Nov 16- PTA General Meeting, 7pm in the Multi
Nov 20- 24 - Thanksgiving Holiday break
- LASD 2023-2024 Calendar
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- Please fill out your Bobcat Strong Registration!
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Rafferty's Records
Happy Veteran's Day to all the Veterans and their families, I greatly appreciate all you do and have done for our country.
Thank you so much Vani (Suhani's mom), Suhani and Ira for their presentation today at assembly about Diwali. The dance was beautiful!
From LASD Health Services Department:
When to Keep Your Child Home From School
Sometimes it is difficult to know whether or not to send your child to school. The following guidelines are indications that you should keep your child at home. In this way, you are helping to control the spread of COVID, influenza, colds, and other contagious illnesses.
Keep your child at home when they have any of the following:
Fever of 99.6 or higher
Headache
Chills, Muscle/Body Aches and/or pain
Undiagnosed rash, sores and/or spots
Cough and/or Sore throat
Unusually red, crusted, goopy, and/or burning eyes
Wheezing/Trouble breathing
Head Lice
Nausea, Vomiting or Diarrhea
If your child tests negative for COVID-19 or any other communicable illness, they may return to school once the following criteria have been met:
- fever free for 24 hours without medication
- vomiting and/or diarrhea free for 48 hours without medication
- all other symptoms have improved
NOTIFY THE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY if your child tests positive for COVID-19 or is diagnosed with any other communicable illness (e.g. chicken pox, mumps/measles, whooping cough (pertussis)).Your child must be cleared to return to school.
Note: The following information is only a guide to common childhood health concerns. Contact your health care provider for more information. Always bring a copy of a physician’s note to school and/or notify the school if your child will have an extended absence due to a health condition for 5 days or longer.
Opt In Messaging System
Over the course of any school year unforeseen emergencies may occur. Our number one concern is your child’s welfare and safety. We want to make sure we are able to reach you if the need arises.
Our schools utilize the SchoolMessenger system to deliver text messages directly to your mobile phone with important information about school events, safety alerts and emergencies.
You can participate in this service (standard message rates from your carrier may apply) by sending a text message of “Y” or “Yes” to the short code number, 67587. You will receive a confirmation message and may opt out at any time by replying “Stop” to any one of our messages.
I hope everyone has a wonderful 3 day weekend!
Be Kind, Be Strong, Be Well and Stay Bobcat Strong!
Kelly Rafferty, Principal
Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day: Tuesday, November 14th Veterans Plaza
Please join us for our second WOW Day as we honor Ruby Bridges' courageous walk to school 63 years ago! More than 343,000 students nationwide have pledged to walk to school on November 14th to celebrate Ruby’s bravery and the upstanders who supported and protected her.
Ruby Bridges’ book “Through My Eyes,” detailing her powerful experience as a first grader, is our Project Cornerstone lesson this month.
Schedule:
7:15-7:45 AM: Coffee, Donuts, Quick Talk about Ruby Bridges
7:45 AM: Leave for Santa Rita via Edith to Los Altos Ave
8:00 AM: Arrive at Los Altos Ave/Yerba Santa to pick up other students
8:05-8:10 AM: Leave for Santa Rita
8:15-8:20 AM: Arrive at Santa Rita
8:30 SHARP: School Begins
RECESS: Student Body Picture (Optional)
- What we are doing: We are walking from the Veteran’s Plaza to Santa Rita with signs promoting community and gratitude towards Ruby Bridges’s bravery and courage. We will meet at Veterans’ Plaza in Downtown Los Altos at 7:30 AM. Coffee and donuts will be available while we share Ruby Bridges’ story. We will head to school at 7:45. For those who don’t want to/can’t walk that far, there will be a second meeting location at the corner of Los Altos Ave and Yerba Santa. We will arrive at Los Altos Ave/Yerba Santa no later than 8:05 for the second location walkers to fall in with us.
Egan students will walk/escort (wearing black) our students to school to symbolize the federal marshals who were upstanders for Ruby Bridges.
- Who is Ruby Bridges?: As a 6-year-old, she was the first Black child to integrate an all-white school in New Orleans on November 14, 1960. For her entire first-grade year, federal marshals escorted her to and from school for her safety. As she walked to school, people who were against integration would yell, scream threats, and throw things at her, and even pulled their kids out of school.
- What to wear:
TK/K: WHITE
1st: RED
2nd: ORANGE
3rd: YELLOW
4th: GREEN
5th: BLUE
6th: PURPLE
- What to bring: Students are encouraged to bring posters and signs with positive messages of support during our symbolic walk. Posters and signs can be made over the weekend, or at one of these three opportunities:
Tomorrow at lunch
Friday 3:30-5 at 470 Cherry Ave Los Altos (Kelly Sanders house)
Monday at lunch
These videos from the inaugural Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day 2022 are incredibly inspiring and have great ideas for posters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68KRkBWRKHw
https://burbank.husd.us/aca...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3HE_LRGQg0
We walk rain or shine….bring an umbrella!
Go Bobcats!
Bobcats on the Run 5k!
We are calling ALL bobcats to join Bobcats on the Run in participating in the Palo Alto 5k on December 16th. Last year, we had the most finishers for a club at 31 participants. We are looking to see if we can get even more bobcats to join this year.
You do not have to be in the Bobcats on the Run club to participate. Siblings, parents, friends, and grandparents are welcome.
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, December 16th
Club: Bobcats on the Run
$10 Discount Code: bobcats
We look forward to walking, jogging, and running with you. Our Bobcats have been working so hard and we can't wait for them to show off their Santa Rita Spirit.
Ms. AJ Johnson and Ms. Kathleen Won
MVLA Parent Education Speaker Series
Join us for an evening with Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett, authors of This Is So Awkward
This Is So Awkward - A Conversation About How Puberty Has Changed
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 | 7-9PM | LAHS Eagle Theater ⧫ 201 Almond Ave
Audience: Grade TK - 12 parents, caretakers, teachers, and counselors
Register & more information: Register for this free event
Book: This Is So Awkward
Video Now Available!
Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success
Event recording from 10/10/23
Julie has graciously allowed us to share the Growing Up in Public recording with parents, teachers, and other caretakers within our community.
Santa Rita School
Email: krafferty@lasdschools.org
Website: https://www.santaritaschool.org
Location: 700 Los Altos Avenue, Los Altos, CA, USA
Phone: (650)559-1600
Facebook: santaritaPTA
Twitter: @BobcatsSR
